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Amos 2:11

American Standard Version

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

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Amos 2:11 in other translations

I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
and some of your young men for Nazirites.
Isn’t this true,
you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.

Amos 2:11 · World English Bible

Amos 2:11 in context

  1. 9Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
  2. 10Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
  3. 11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.
  4. 12But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
  5. 13Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.